This book represents years of work by the ICA Spatial Data Standards Commission during the 1995-2003 ICA cycles.
It consists of an Introduction and six Regional Summary chapters that describe the spatial metadata activities happening in Europe, North America, Asia/Pacific, Latin America, Africa/Middle East, and the ISO community. These chapters provide the broader context and description of the milieu in which these standards operate, so that the reader can more easily understand the scientific and technical framework from whence a particular standard has emerged. The third section is a complete listing of all of the three levels of scientific and technical characteristics, and their meaning by the inclusion of a set of definitions for metadata terms used in the book. The fourth section, and by far the largest, contains 22 chapters that assess each of the major national and international spatial metadata standards in the world, and also contains a few representative subject matter profile derived from a major standard. They have been carried out in terms of all three levels of characteristics. Each assessment has been carried out by a Commission member who has been an active participant in the development of the standard being assessed in the native language of that standard. The fifth section contains a summary cross-table wall size summary chart that includes all 22 standards and profiles that are cross tabulated by 70 of the crucial characteristics. The columns provide a thumbnail sketch of each individual standard, while the rows facilitate a quick comparison of individual critical characteristics across all of the 22 standards and profiles. Many readers of our previous book have begun their standards evaluation process with this cross-table.
This current book on spatial metadata standards has been purposely designed to serve as a companion working volume to the 1997 book the Commission published on Spatial Data Transfer Standards, Moellering & Hogan, Editors, ISBN 008042433.
* Assesses the National and International Spatial Metadata Standards & Profiles in their native languages, and then reports the analysis in a scientifically consistent manner in a widely used scientific language (English)
* Provides a summary Crosstable of the 22 Spatial Metadata Standards/Profiles in a large wall-sized table highlighting 70 of the most important scientific characteristics
* Provides the scientific and technical detail for each of the 22 Standards/Profiles to 12 primary levels, 58 second levels, and about 278 tertiary levels. Scientific and technical characteristics can be used for a wide variety of uses with spatial metadata and associated standards
Author(s): Harold Moellering (editor), H.J. Aalders (editor), Aaron Crane (editor)
Publisher: Pergamon
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 710
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Presidential Foreword......Page 12
ISO/TC 211 Foreword......Page 14
GIS Foreword......Page 16
Editors’ Preface......Page 18
Introduction to Spatial Metadata Standards in the world......Page 22
Introduction......Page 24
Fundamentals of metadata......Page 26
Minimal metadataset......Page 36
Metadata query and distribution services......Page 37
Experiences in the use of metadata......Page 39
Regional and national efforts developing metadata......Page 40
Acknowledgements......Page 46
References......Page 47
Regional summaries of spatial metadata developments and associated activities......Page 50
Introduction......Page 52
European projects funded by the EU......Page 55
National developments in the field of SDI in Europe......Page 67
Summary and conclusions......Page 80
Acknowledgement......Page 82
References......Page 83
Regional SDI activities......Page 84
Overview of national metadata and SDI activities......Page 85
National organisations for NSDI's in North America......Page 88
Metadata activities in North America......Page 97
North American geo-spatial metadata - Services/Query......Page 99
Summary and conclusion......Page 100
References......Page 102
General regional structure for spatial data organisations......Page 104
Identification of major national spatial data organisations......Page 106
Identification of specific national/regional metadata standards development activities taking place......Page 112
Description of metadata query/distribution services that are in operation or planned......Page 117
Summary and conclusions with prognosis for the future......Page 121
References......Page 122
General regional structure for spatial data organisations......Page 124
Identification of major national spatial data organisations......Page 127
Identification of specific national/regional metadata standards development activities taking place......Page 131
Description of metadata query/distribution services that are planned or in operation......Page 138
Summary and conclusions with prognosis for the future......Page 140
References......Page 141
Introduction......Page 144
General regional structure for spatial data organisation......Page 145
African regions......Page 147
Summary and conclusions......Page 158
References......Page 159
Introduction to ISO......Page 162
ISO 19115, Metadata standard......Page 176
Description of ISO 19115......Page 181
Future development......Page 184
Concluding remarks......Page 185
References......Page 186
Scientific and Technical characteristics for assessing metadata standards for geographic datasets......Page 188
Introduction......Page 190
Terminology for Scientific and Technical Spatial Metadata Standards Characteristics......Page 192
References......Page 197
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 200
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 204
Scientific and Technical Assessments with Full Descriptions of the Spatial Metadata Standards......Page 216
Introduction......Page 218
References......Page 219
National Spatial Matadata Standards......Page 220
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 222
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 228
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 240
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 246
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 258
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 265
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 278
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 285
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 298
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 305
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 318
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 325
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 338
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 345
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 358
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 364
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 376
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 382
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 396
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 402
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 414
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 419
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 432
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 440
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 452
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 459
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 472
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 478
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 490
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 499
International Spatial Metadata Standards......Page 512
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 514
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 522
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 536
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 543
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 556
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 564
Subject Matter Metadata Standards/Profiles......Page 578
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 580
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 585
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 598
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 607
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 622
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 627
Information about the Metadata Standard Itself......Page 640
Categories the Metadata Standard Uses to Describe Datasets......Page 651
Crosstable of National and International Spatial Metadata Standards and Associated Characteristics......Page 664
Introduction......Page 666
Use of this metadata standards crosstable......Page 667
List of the 70 crosstable variables and explanations by group......Page 668
References......Page 672
Appendices......Page 674
Acronyms Used......Page 676
ICA Standards Commission Membership List......Page 688
Authors......Page 692
National and Other Part 2 Book Contributors......Page 693
Subject Index......Page 696
Crosstable of National and International Spatial Metadata Standards......Page 712
